Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2015

Sam Andrew with Janis Joplin. Photo by Elliot Landy/landyvision.com

Sam Andrew

Band: Big Brother & the Holding Company
Position: guitarist/songwriter
Died: Feb. 12, 2015
Cause of Death: heart complications
Age: 73
Distinction: Wrote "Combination of the Two," the lead track on Cheap Thrills.

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness.